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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

ROCCAT to Debut its First-Ever Mechanical Gaming Keyboard at CES 2013

Hamburg - January 4, 2013 – ROCCAT will be showing its new product developments in
gaming peripherals and software at CES in Las Vegas on January 8 - 11, 2013.
Some of the ROCCAT highlights at this year's show will include the brand’s
first-ever mechanical keyboard and the first software project for the company
from Hamburg, Germany – the Power-Grid app, which has now passed Beta testing.
In addition, several ROCCAT products at CES are newly available to US gamers,
including the gaming mice Kone XTD and Kone Pure along with the multicolor
gaming
keyboard Isku FX.

ROCCAT founder and CEO, René Korte, on the significance of CES for the company:
"We announced ROCCAT’s entrance to the American market here exactly 12
months ago. The feedback from gamers and media worldwide has been
overwhelmingly positive and we’re here again to prove that ROCCAT sets the
rules when it comes to gaming peripherals."

With Ryos, ROCCAT has succeeded in defining a new standard for mechanical
gaming keyboards. The Ryos is the first gaming keyboard ever that features
per-key lighting and up to two 32-bit ARM cortex processors. The keyboard can
display key functions, macros and even health or mana bars thanks to this
technology. The included SDK makes what's possible limited only by the player's
imagination. 2 MB internal Flash storage makes the Ryos ultra responsive. The
ROCCAT Ryos Keyboard Series comes with up to four different CHERRY MX key
switches (black, brown, red, and blue). The release is planned for the first
quarter of 2013. For more information, please
view the teaser trailer.

ROCCAT™ Power-Grid – PC
control via smartphone passes beta

The ROCCAT Power-Grid turns a smartphone into a fully customizable remote
control for the PC. Users can set up different grids to control, for example
custom settings for Windows, Skype, Media Player or games. The app provides pre-set
grids for several games, e.g. Starcraft 2, Skyrim and League of Legends. But it
also lets users set up their own grids that fit their individual needs. And not
only does the Power-Grid control the PC – it works in reverse as well. The app
can provide the user with additional information on his smartphone touchscreen.
For instance, maps or high scores can be displayed. The user can call up the
central news feeds from different hardware and gaming sites via the now
standard integrated Media-Grid. ROCCAT has also completed the development of an
accompanying SDK, which will provide developers with the opportunity to code
unique features that benefits their users. One example is the integration of
Born Ready Games’ long-awaited space shooter, “Strike Suite Zero”. At a glance,
gamers will be able to see in-game statistics about their accuracy, the number
of missiles fired, and much more. This information isn’t available anywhere
else in the game, and it provides additional advantages to the user: if you increase
your accuracy, for example, you’ll get more points.New ROCCAT hardware for
the American market

With the gaming mice ROCCAT Kone XTD and Kone Pure and the gaming keyboard
ROCCAT Isku FX, the gaming peripherals manufacturer from Hamburg is launching
all of its new products onto the American market. Now US gamers can enjoy the
latest ROCCAT hardware, too. ROCCAT will also be presenting these products
again for interested visitors at the CES 2013 in LVH #2065.LinksROCCAT™
Ryos MK Pro TrailerROCCAT™
Ryos MK Pro product website